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Agriculture, Aid and Economic Growth in Africa
McArthur, John - 2018
How can foreign aid to agriculture support economic growth in Africa? This paper constructs a geographically-indexed applied general equilibrium model that considers pathways through which aid might affect growth and structural transformation of labor markets in the context of soil nutrient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012918516
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Has Chinese aid benefited recipient countries? : evidence from a meta-regression analysis
Mandon, Pierre; Woldemichael, Martha Tesfaye - 2022
This paper employs a meta-regression analysis of 473 estimates from 15 studies to take stock of the empirical literature on Chinese aid effectiveness. After accommodating publication selection bias, we find that, on average, Beijing's foreign assistance has had a positive impact on economic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013170075
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The impact of conflict and political instability on banking crises in developing countries
Compaoré, Ali; Mlachila, Montfort; Ouedraogo, Rasmane; … - 2020
While there is an extensive literature examining the economic impact of conflict and political instability … whether rising conflict and political instability globally over the past several decades led to increased occurrence of … associated with higher probability of systemic banking crises. Unsurprisingly, the duration of a conflict is positively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251282
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Is Africa's Economy at a Turning Point?
Go, Delfin S. - 2008
In this paper, Arbache, Go, and Page examine the recent acceleration of growth in Africa. Unlike the past, the performance is now registered broadly across several types of countries-particularly the oil-exporting and resource-intensive countries and, in more recent years, the large- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012772699